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Think twice.......
04-JUN-2005

Think twice.......

This month I begin repayments of my student loans.
I have to pay about 125 pounds a month until 2012.
This may seem a lot but I was at university for 8 years.
While I was there I worked hard.

What has it got me?

I have a job which pays an average salary, just about enough to survive off.
Certainly nowhere near enough to buy even a tiny flat in this area.
Not even enough to put a down payment on a shed.
I have to live an hours drive from where I work due to the cost of renting in that area.
I am treated with little respect at work and people try to undermine me at every turn.
I have to spend time at the weekend working to keep people off my back.

Who do I have to thank for all of this??? I say Teflon Tony.

My point??? Think twice before spending a fortune and 8 years at university.

Why??? Well I think I could have got all of the above without ever setting foot in a university.
(apart from the 9500 pound debt!)

Thanks Tony!!!

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Tor 05-Jun-2005 20:08
I'm very curious - what job do you have (where people do not respect you), and what did you study for eight years? Good luck paying your loan back! It is not that much.
Gail Davison 04-Jun-2005 19:37
8 years! What were you studying? It was though the Tory Govt that introduced student loans - Kenneth Baker was the Secretary of State and I was working for him at the time so I remember the student demonstrations well!